Christmas Music by Band and Chorus Sunday
The Eldora high school presents a 45 minute Christmas program Sunday at 4 PM in the gym, featuring the mixed chorus and band of 63 vocalists and 48 instrumentalists directed by Charles Britsch and Wayne Aurand. Narrator Glendon Button will link performances including Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful, with Mrs. Roger Ganske in charge of decorations.
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Eldora Gymnasium
Charles Britsch
Wayne Aurand
Glendon Button
Roger Ganske
Boys Glee Club
Hadley Attends National County Officers Meeting
Wilson Hadley Hardin county supervisor attended a National Association of County Officers meeting in Chicago on Friday and Saturday. He serves as vice-president of the Iowa organization.
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Wilson Hadley
Hardin
National Association of County Officers
Chicago
Hadley
Iowa
No Charges to Be Filed on Seized Pinballs
County Attorney Don Barker announced that no criminal action is planned against the pinball owners or operators after a raid seized five machines in the county Saturday night. Four machines tied to an Osage amusements company and a Berker’s Cafe device in town may face confiscation next week, with hearings possible before destruction if ordered by a district court. Authorities cited a 5-3 state supreme court ruling deeming pinball machines that pay off free games illegal under town anti gambling laws.
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Don Barker
Paul Hodgson
Carlos Drive Inn
Iowa Falls
Fraser's Inn
Alden
Osage
Berker's Cafe
Joe Birkestrand
Eldora
Barker
District Court
State Supreme Court
Owasa Polio Patient Returns Home
Owasa Hardin county rescinds polio risk as 13 year old Dirk Wheat returns home from Town City hospital after treatment. County nurse Evelyn Olson describes the boy’s condition as good and he plans to rejoin Owasa School next Monday.
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Owasa
Hardin County
Dirk Wheat
Town City
Evelyn Olsom
School Board Cuts Noon Hour By 15 Minutes
El Dora consolidated school board voted Monday night to shorten the noon hour by 15 minutes and dismissals earlier in the afternoon starting Jan 16, the second semester. Kindergarten through fifth grade end at 11:35 with lunch at 12 and rejoin at 12:42. junior and senior high dismiss at 11:46 with afternoon at 12:57. Afternoon dismissals run 3:15 for some and 3:30 for others, with the high school at 8:45. The board also discussed a tubular fire escape for the Hardin building, a high school library, and renting 40 acres for vocational agriculture.
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Eldora Consolidated School Board
Hardin
Vocational Agriculture Department
City Makes Ice Skating Rink at Playground
Grading for an ice rink was finished at the south town playground. A circular 100 foot diameter area covers the softball infield and spills into the outfield with a dirt fringe. When temperatures drop, water will be applied to form ice. city clerk George Shafer expects better success due to hard clay soil that will retain water.
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George Shafer
Appreciation meeting for chamber business men
A meeting of business men who have participated in appreciation days has been called to be held at the Chamber.
Eldora considers sewer survey contract and tax mill levies
City council in Eldora advances talks to hire an engineering firm for a sewer survey as part of a plan to use General Services Administration loans for postwar projects. Firms from Clinton Omaha Chicago Minneapolis have visited to assess needs and prepare plans, with council meeting Monday to potentially hire an engineer.
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Eldora
General Services Administration
Federal Works Administration
Aillais, Hagege and Prout
Clinton
Henningson Engineering Co
Omaha
Ichicago
Minneapolis
Bennings Buy Berrier Cafe Change to Kozy Inn
Mr and Mrs Robert Benning of Cedar Rapids will take possession of the Berrier cafe January 1 and rename it Kozy Inn. They will run hours as before and Mrs Onadell Bailey will assist. The Benning family, including daughter Leilani and son Alan, will reside in the Blankenship property on Fifteenth Street South.
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Robert Benning
Cedar Rapids
Europe’s future hinges on German industry says Lauterbach
Alden man Martin Lauterbach told Eldora Rotarians that Europe is not biologically different from Americans but a victim of circumstance. He cited 12 million displaced Germans in camps, limited postwar food production, and the need for German industrial revival backed by trade. He warned against reliance on money alone and urged self-help to prevent renewed extremism.
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Europe
Martin Lauterbach
Alden
Eldora Rotarians
American ‘Friends Service Committee
Hardin County
Lauterbach
U.S
Aiden
Hitler
D. PS
Lauter
D. P's
International Relief Organization
LRO
Germany
Hardin Countian
Santa to visit Steamboat Rock with Legion sponsorship
Santa Claus will be in Steamboat Rock on Saturday afternoon December 1 to hand out treats to children. The event is sponsored jointly by the Community Club and Hoover-Eisman Post of the American Legion.
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Grand Theatre
Chamber of Commerce
Bidora
Rebecca
Sunny Brook Farm
Eldora Newspapers
Community Club
Hoover - Eiserman Post
American Legion
Santa Claus
Steamboat Rock
Chilren
Unusual Film at Methodist Church Showings
A film titled Skid Row depicting conditions in a Chicago slum will be shown to adults at 10 o'clock Sunday morning by the Eldora Methodist Sunday school. It presents unposed scenes of alcoholism and urban demoralization in taverns and streets and invites discussion on Good Samaritan principles with Salvation Army members present.
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West Madison Street
Chicago
Eldora Methodist Sunday School
Arthur Topp II In Chicago Hospital
Arthur Topp II lay seriously ill in University Hospital Chicago after a heart attack Monday. He accompanied his brother Ben to the city Sunday for a shipment to the stockyards. he grew worse at the office and was placed under an oxygen tent. Doctors expect a six week stay. Mrs Topp and son in law Alton Powers flew to Chicago Monday.
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Arthur Vapp Vy
Nadeliffie Ws
University Hospital
Chicago
Ben Topp
Arthur
Loan Requests On 1949 Corn Coming Fast
A surge of corn loan applications arrives at the county PMA office with about 300 submissions in two weeks. Loan rate stands at $1.83 per bushel. PMA chair Walter E. Hauser urges sealed corn owners not to call to sign papers until notified they are ready, noting staff fatigue from the rush.
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PMA
Walter E. Hauser
Hauser
Odd Fellows Elect Hurtt Noble Grand
Idora lodge at its semi annual election named Floyd Hurtt noble grand Harold Frazier vice grand Orville Lamb corresponding secretary George Pool financial secretary and Raymond Gilbert treasurer. Installation will take place in January.
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Idora
F. Lodge
Floyd Hurtt Noble
Harold Frazier
Orville Lamb
George Pool
Raymond Gilbert
Youth at the Wheel safety meeting set for Monday
Public invitation to a safety program titled Youth at the Wheel will be held Monday at 8 p.m. in the courtroom. Hi and Tri-Hi members with YMCA adults organize the event featuring a highway patrol talk and movies, introduced by Hi counselor George Janssen, with Max Clowers and others participating. Afterward youths visit the Rosenberger home for refreshments while adults enjoy coffee in the courtroom.
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Ym.c.a
George Janssen
Max Clowers
Milwaukee
Vane Wood
Edwin Anderson
BE. I. Rosenberger
Millage Down and Valuations Up in County Tax Tables
W O Guenther county assessor releases 1949 real estate tax data with a table of mill levies and methods to compute taxes. Values rise in Hardin area while millages fall, varying by town. Eldora up 72 percent in value and 73,102 to 49,301 in levy. Residents must apply exemptions and veterans deductions, and payments may be delayed beyond New Year.
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W. O. Guenther
County Board of Review
Guenther
Hardin County
Buckeye
New Providence
Whitten
New County
Eldora
State Tax Commission
Health unit to meet to discuss proposed constitution
Hardin county public health council will discuss adoption of the proposed constitution at a meeting next Monday night at 8 p.m. in the north ward school at Town Falls. Officials urge all county organizations to send representatives and the public is invited.
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Hardin County Publi Health Council
P.m
North Ward
Town Falls
Semi Finals Tonight as Pine Lake Tourney Reaches Climax
Hubbard hosts semi finals with Hubbard Radcliffe and Union on the boys side after upsets were avoided. In girls action Owasa meets Hubbard Whitten winner while Radcliffe Steamboat Rock clash for a finals berth. Owasa edged New Providence 46 44 in a featured late game.
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Hubbard
Pine Lake
Climax
Pine Lake Circuit
Radcliffe
Union
Steamboat Rock
Owasa
Steamboat
Rock
Pirates
Hubbard - Whitten
D. m. Fray
Radecliffe Cardinals
New Providence
Carole Neuenfeldt
Barbara Williams
Myrna Overturf
Neuenfeldt
Ted
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County Pro Co
Ass't Schoolevies
Ackley Corp
Hs Corp
Iden Corp
I Buckeye Corp
Owasa Corp. Breamboat Rock
Eldora “Corp
Hubbard Corp
Radcliffe Corp
Union Corp
Grundy County
Plana
Eldorans
SANTA
Arthur Topp II
Odd Fellows
Hurtt
Youth At Wheel
Patrolman
By Max van Derveer
Bob Finger
Finger
Peterson
Cardinals
Owabsa
Blak
Carole Mossman
Wanda Olson
Norma Topp
LeAnira Christenson
Fatty Ware
Oorenn Mniise
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